| 单词 | devil's dirt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil's dirt devil's dirt n. now historical and rare asafoetida; = devil's dung n. [After German Teufelsdreck, lit. ‘devil's dung, devil's dirt’ (see devil's dung n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > one who or that which > specific filthOE fimea1475 devil's dunga1576 devil's dirt1578 sweat-pit1708 fetid gum1858 stink bomb1915 stinkweed1932 stink-pot1972 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cxii. 304 Called..in Englishe also Assa fetida; in high Douche Teufels dreck, that is to say Deuilles durt. 1625 W. Gordon Pharmaco-pinax 10 Assæ fetidæ, of a stinking Gum, called Devils Dirt. 1889 Publ. Scot. Hist. Soc. 4 i. 35 In Forfarshire, asafoetida pills are widely known as devil's dirt pills! 1956 Western Folklore 15 65 Then the room was smoked out with ‘devil's dirt’—a resinous substance which was heated. < as lemmas |
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